Vanished Souls – Vanished Souls (CD Album – Frozen Records)
Genre/Influences: Indie-rock, rock-pop. Background/Info: This self-titled album is the second opus for the French formation Vanished Souls. The band is...
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Xtort – Nothing Is Real (CD Album – DA Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Xtort rose up from the ashes of the Dutsh industrial-metal formation Hoer. Xtort is an electronic project...
Stoppenberg – Frontschlag (CD Album – X-Beats)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, dark-EBM. Background/Info: Jan Loamfield will always be linked to his most successful project Noisuf-X and of course the...
Line Spectrum – Bruma (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, experimental, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Behind Line Spectrum is hiding Oleg Puzan. This Ukrainian artist got some recognition under the...
The Gathering – Love Songs (CD EP – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-rock, dark-rock. Background/Info: Canadian formation The Gathering was originally set up in the 80s and reactivated a few...
Droid Sector Decay – In Suffering We Dwell (CD Album – Underground Industrial Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal, cross-over. Background/Info: Droid Sector Decay featuring members from Greece and the USA have been active since 2009 and...
Julie Bally – Alternative New Wave (CD Album – Julie Bally)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, dark-rock. Background/Info: Julie Bally is a French artist who this year released her self-released debut album. Julie plays...
Kloob – Unpredictable Signs (CD Album – Winter Light)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Daniel Ferreira aka ‘Dani Kloob’ is involved with music for more than twenty years now. He started...
Vesperal – Wasteland (Vinyl Album – Steelwork Maschine)
Genre/Influences: Neo-folk. Background/Info: Vesperal is a French formation based in Paris, which released their second album. They ‘aim to conjure...
Vlimmer – XIIII (CD EP – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, guitar-wave. Background/Info: Here is the fourteenth chapter in the EP-series set up by Alexander Leonard Donat aka Vlimmer. ...
Vlimmer – XIII (CD EP – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, minimal-electro. Background/Info: Vlimmer is the main project of German artist and label owner Alexander Leonard Donat. He started in...
Phasenmensch – Haunted / The Gentle Indifference Of The World (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: IDM, industrial, industrial-*techno, rhythmic-ambient. Background/Info: “Haunted” marks the tenth anniversary of the Dortmunder (Germany) based Phasenmensch. Wolfram Bange was...
Cervello Elettronico – Top Ded Ctr (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, IDM. Background/Info: David Christian set up Cervello Elettronico in 2001. The American sonic project rapidly became one of...
Deutsche Bank – Transmission (CD Album – Electro Shock Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Despite of the band name, Deutsche Bank is a Swedish project driven by Mats From. The album...
Boytronic – The Robot Treatment (CD Album – Wuff Records)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop, Italo-disco. Background/Info: Boytronic has been active since the early 80s, but went through several line-up changes. “The Robot...
Reactor7x – Are You My Bitch? (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Set up in 2009 Polish duo ‘Ad-x’ (synths, composing, programming) and ‘Blackjack O'Hare’ (lyrics, vocals) Alfa Matrix...
First Aid 4 Souls – Increased Sensory Perception (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Hungarian artist István Gazdag (previously involved with Vacuum) is one of the electro-underground references from his country. He...
Elm – Death Of The North (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Peter Elm was previously involved with the excellent EBM/pop driven Restricted Area, but set up Elm to...
V/A Mexico Underground Vol.02 – The Synthetic Side Of Mexico (DCD Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM, techno-body, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Next to the first volume of this series, which is devoted to gothic music,...
V/A Mexico Underground Vol.01 – The Dark Side Of Mexico (DCD Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, dark-wave, post-punk. Background/Info: This compilation was compiled by Lord Fer and Dimitri Berzerk aka DMT Berzerk (producer, remixer,...
Oxomaxoma – Industrial Body Music (CD Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Oxomaxoma is probably one of the longest active EBM bands from the Mexican scene. They were already...
Dimitri Berzerk feat. Franco Doglioli – My Love Is Electric / Club Mixes (Vinyl EP – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Next to the “My Love Is Electric”-single and the “Remixes”-CD EP Dimitri Berzerk also released a...
Neuvision – Manifiesto (CD Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop, cinematic-EBM. Background/Info: I discovered this Mexican project a few years ago now. The debut album “The Demon-Haunted...
Dimitri Berzerk feat. Franco Doglioli – My Love Is Electric / Remixes (CD EP – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Dimitri Berzerk is a rather familiar name from the Mexican electro scene. Based in Mexico City...
Bloom Offering – Episodes (Vinyl Album – The Helen Scarsdale Agency)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro; electro-wave. Background/Info: Operating from Seattle (USA) Nicola Carr has been active under the Bloom Offering for several years....
Mechanimal – White Flag (Vinyl 7” – Inner Ear)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, goth-pop. Background/Info: Based in Athens (Greece) Giannis Papaioannou is already active under the Mechanimal moniker for a couple...
God Body Disconnect – The Mist Between Mirrors (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: It took two years for Bruce Moallem (aka God Body Disconnect) to achieve his third solo-album, which...
Dronny Darko & RNGMNN – Sector Hydra (Digital Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: “Sector Hydra” resulted from the common efforts between Ukrainian artist Oleg Puzan (aka Dronny Darko)...
Ruptured World – Archeoplanetary (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: One year after the debut album “Exoplanetary”, Scottish artist Aleister Rennie is back on track with...
Council Of Nine – Davidian (Digital album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: “Davidian” is the fifth solo-album by Maximillian Olivier. The American ‘Prince of Darkness’ moves on with...
Numb – Mortal Geometry (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, industrial. Background/Info: Set up in the late 80s by Canadian musician Don Gordon, Numb became an influential...
Velvet Acid Christ – Ora Oblivionis (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Bryan Erickson started writing music in the late 80s, but had to wait for the early 90s...
V/A Dark Nouveau (Digital Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, cold-wave, dark-pop, minimal-electro, dream-pop. Background/Info: “Dark Nouveau” features a fine selection of twenty four bands from all over...
Nero Bellum – NFRN° (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronic. Background/Info: We all know Nero Bellum as the spirit behind Psyclon Nine. On “NFRN°” Nero Bellum wanted...
Junkie Flamingos – Lemegeton Party (Vinyl Album – The Helen Scarsdale Agency)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, electronic, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: “Lemegeton Party” is the debut (mini)-album by Junkie Flamingos. This new band was set...
It’s For Us – Stay (Vinyl Album – Novoton)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave. Background/Info: Swedish formation It’s For Us claims to compose post-punk music. “Stay” is the band’s second full length,...
God Body Disconnect – The Mist Between Mirrors (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: It took two years for Bruce Moallem (aka God Body Disconnect) to achieve his third solo-album, which...
Sphäre Sechs – Transient Lunar Phenomenon (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: Martin Stürtzer (Phelios) and Christian Stritzel have been active for a couple of years under the...
Dronny Darko & RNGMNN – Sector Hydra (Digital Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: “Sector Hydra” resulted from the common efforts between Ukrainian artist Oleg Puzan (aka Dronny Darko)...
My Love Kills – Glitch (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: The debut-album “Glitch” resulted from the common efforts between V.V. Arkames (Ad Inferna) and Fredrik Sigeback...
Millions Of Dead Tourists – Helicoide (CD Album – 1000+1TiLt)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronics, industrial. Background/Info: Millions Of Dead Tourists is a Greek formation, which has released their second album. “Helicoide”...
Descendeur – Shoker Necklage (Vinyl 10” – Warm Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, experimental. Background/Info: Descendeur is a French music project set up by Arno Bruil (who’s also involved with France...
Meager Benefits – Crawling (CD Album – Solange Endormie Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, ambient. Background/Info: “Crawling” is the third album by the French solo-project Meager Benefits. Set up by Theo Parlier...
Human Steel – Invaders (CD Album – Human Steel)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 2007 by the Polish duo Wojciech Gierowski (aka ‘Lindey Lindstorm’) and Marcin Wanat “Invaders”...
Brass Box – The Cathedral (Vinyl Album – Dune Altar)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, dream-pop. Background/Info: Brass Box is a Los Angeles (USA) based formation, which is already active for a couple...
SynthAttack – Join Us (CD Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, aggrotech. Background/Info: “Join Us” is SynthAttack’s fourth album since the opening full length “To The Floor” (2015). The...
Auger – From Now On I (CD Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Goth-metal. Background/Info: “From Now On I” is the second full length album by the British duo Kyle Wilson -...
Torul – Hikikomori (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Slovenian formation Torul is already active since 2003. They progressively became an established electro-pop formation and...
Accessory – Elektrik (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 1996 the German duo Dirk Steyer (vocals) - Mike Königsberger (machines) released eight albums (including...
Mandivula – Nonsense (CD Album – Dal Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, krautrock. Background/Info: There’s not a lot of information available about Mandivula. The solo-project likes certain anonymity, but seems...
Planet Supreme – Planet Supreme (Digital Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: Planet Supreme is a new project set up by Swedish musician Karl Ture Rydby (known from...
Gutenberg – Unnecessary Bronze (Digital Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, IDM, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Behind this less familiar project is hiding the Japanese artist Shouji Sakurai. After a few...
Crisis Actor – Orange Man Bad (Digital EP – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: After their successful debut album “Slave New World” the duo David Thrussell (Snog, Black Lung ao)...
Anatoly Grinberg & Mark Spybey – 123 m (Digital Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: The album “123 m” resulted from the common efforts between Russian artist Anatoly Tokee...
Fiction 8 – Constructive Interference (CD Album – Fiction 8)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, gothic. Background/Info: After last year’s successful album “The Bleak Disease” Fiction 8 planned to release an EP. It...
Darkness On Demand – Brain Fucked / No Religion (Digital EP – Repo Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Darkness On Demand strikes back with a second extract from their second album “Detoxination”. After the terrific...
Rhys Fulber & Blush Response – Corruption Of Form (Vinyl 12” – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, industrial-body-music. Background/Info: “Corruption Of Form” resulted from the common efforts between two familiar artists from the Sonic Groove...
Crystal Geometry – The Cyber Heresy (Vinyl 12” – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, techno-EBM. Background/Info: French project Crystal Geometry is back on Sonic Groove. I last year discovered the EP “Red...
We Are Polarized – Inkub (CD EP – We Are Polarized)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, neo-classic. Background/Info: We Are Polarized is a Polish trio, which has already goat featured on a compilation of...
Sylker – Sylker (Digital Album – Sylker)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Sylker is the meeting between two French projects. It all happened in 2009 when Soul Stalker...
Boy Harsher – Careful (CD Album – Nude Club Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, electroclash, minimal-pop. Background/Info: Jae Matthews and Augustus Muller set up Boy Harsher in 2014. They released several EP’s...
Blakk Harbor – Krude (Vinyl 12” – Blakk Harbor)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, IDM. Background/Info: Angelos Liaros was previously involved with Mobthrow. After this project experience the Greek artist set up...
The Ritualists – Painted People (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Pop-rock Background/Info: The Ritualists is a New-York (USA) based combo and one of the latest signings on Out Of...
Lord Of The Lost – Till Death Us Do Part (4CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-metal, industrial, dark-rock. Background/Info: Ten years after the first official release (cf. “Dry the Rain”) Lord Of The...
Hocico – Artificial Extinction (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Four years have passed since the previous studio album “Ofensor” (2015). The Mexican duo Erk Aicrag (lyrics...
Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio – Ménage A Quatre (CD EP – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-pop, neo-folk. Background/Info: “Ménage A Quatre” has been announced as an appetizer for the new full length album “Let’s...
